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Rene Redzepi will return to Noma in August.

Noma restaurant will reopen with René Redzepi in a new role

After reports of abuse in decades past and a pop-up in Los Angeles, the former “Best Restaurant in the World” returns to Copenhagen.

  • Priya Krishna
Dayali's first Australian location is in Hawthorn East.

The Costco of Chinese dining lands in Melbourne’s east

A well-known restaurant from China has picked Melbourne for its first Australian location, and it’s already turning heads. With loyalty discounts and a polished feel, it’s good news for fans of Peking duck.

  • Harvard Wang
Compulsory or discretionary surcharges can add up quickly.

Automatic tips, Friday night surcharges: The fees to look out for on your next restaurant bill

Beyond the rudimentary weekend and public holiday surcharges are other fees with unclear reasons behind them. Here’s Good Food’s guide to avoiding bill shocks next time you dine out.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Nick Hildebrandt and Brent Savage celebrate 20 years of Bentley Restaurant and Bar with an indefinite pause to recalibrate.

‘Everything has a timeline’: Sydney fine dining institution Bentley to close

The 20-year-old restaurant “was loud, bold, and changed the face of fine dining.” The decision follows a wave of high-end restaurant closures.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Giorgio Angele from Brunetti Classico in Carlton.

Giorgio entered the hospitality industry at nine years old. At 93, he still hasn’t left

The restaurant industry may struggle to attract workers but a handful of veteran chefs are defying expectations by working into their 70s, 80s and beyond.

  • Scott Bolles
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Is Australia ready for the Michelin Guide?

Michelin is coming to Australia, following suspected multimillion-dollar deal

The French tyre company has sold Michelin Guide’s first Australian edition for an undisclosed amount of money.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Lode and LuMi chef-owner Federico Zanellato wonders if fine dining has an expiration date.

‘If Quay can’t do it, how can anyone?’ The crisis facing Australian fine dining

One acclaimed chef reckons high-end restaurants have an expiry date and fro-yo is the future. Another says the maths doesn’t add up. But everyone agrees evolution is the answer.

  • Bianca Hrovat
SingleThread's elaborate hassun course.

Bathers’ Pavilion’s next three-Michelin-starred residency may be the ‘meal of the year’

The Mosman restaurant is going all out for SingleThread’s upcoming residency, from custom ceramics to more than 20,000 flower bulbs planted for the $690 menu.

  • Callan Boys
South Yarra restaurant Cosi is one of several offering to cover diners' transport costs in light of the fuel crisis.

These restaurants will pay for your petrol. Plus, hatted daytrip dining with free PT

Like you, Victorian restaurants are feeling the fuel crisis. But some are using it as a chance to give back to customers, offering petrol discounts, cash back and more.

  • Tomas Telegramma
'I don’t want to come in and change the whole menu': chef Adam Wolfers.

Top globe-trotting chef returns to Sydney to lead kitchen at two-hatted Aalia

Chef Adam Wolfers, who has worked at Marque, Monopole and NY’s WD-50, replaces former Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Paul Farage.

  • Scott Bolles